Bibescu Voda Square in February 1936, currently Unirii Square – Bucharest
Bibescu Voda Square in February 1936, currently Unirii Square – Bucharest
One of the allegorical chaises that paraded during Bucharest’s Month, in June 1935: the turners’ chaise.
Skating on the frozen lake in Cismigiu Park. Nowadays, in winter times, the lake is an official, furbished skating rink.
People from Oltenia region, Romania, on Maria Boulevard, in front of Bibescu Voda Square, currently Unirii Square, Bucharest, 1935.
Child’s week in Bucharest. Thousands of children paraded on Victoriei Street, a main artery in Bucharest, holding up placards saying “we want air and sun”, “we want milk”, “talk to us”, “lead us to good deeds”.
“Bucharest has a bit of Manhattan skyline”
This is the headline that accompanied this photo, published in April 1934 in National Geographic, in a long read material by Henrietta Allen Holmes titled “The Spell of Romania: An American Woman’s Narrative of her Wanderings Among Colorful People and Long-Hidden Shrines”.
The description followed: “This building is Romania’s tallest. It was erected by a Romanian subsidiary of the International Telephone and Telegraph Company, an American Corporation, which operates all the telephones in the country.”
Berman was the first Romanian to have his photos published in the famous magazine, no less than 32 pieces!